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Children out of school in South Africa

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The children out of school in South Africa has dropped to 568,104, which is a decrease of 172,162 (-23.3%) since 2020.

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Value Equal sized Natural
Source:
World Bank
Data availability:
Regions:
215
Date range: 1970 to 2023
Points:
13,760
Measure:
People
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1,745,627
188,539
(2021)
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289,296
14,342
(2022)
Thailand
106,430
95,988
(2023)
Argentina
34,663
1,358
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More indicators for South Africa
Female primary last grade persistence
97.2%
1.9%
(2020)
Secondary education duration
5 years
0 years
(2023)
Primary education duration
7 years
0 years
(2023)
Secondary teachers
100%
(2016)
Female tertiary school enrollment
31.5%
0.6%
(2021)
Female doctoral attainment
0%
0.1%
(2022)
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South Africa Children out of school between 1970 and 2021
Period Children out of school Change
2021 568,104 172,162
2020 740,266 119,660
2019 620,606 32,118
2018 588,488 306,955
2017 281,533 70,795
2015 352,328 616,589
2005 968,917 119,469
2004 1,088,386 137,999
2003 1,226,385 155,356
2002 1,381,741 160,815
2001 1,542,556 133,301
2000 1,675,857 114,115
1999 1,561,742 9,150
1998 1,570,892 73,507
1995 1,497,385 115,018
1994 1,382,367 446,763
1991 935,604 341,822
1970 1,277,426
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